Glove-fastener



(I\I0 Model.)

B. J. KRAETZER.

GLOVE PASTENER. No. 424,795. Patented Apr. 1,1890;

illllllllil-lllll UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDI/VIN J. KRAETZER, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE CONSOLIDATED FASTENER COMPANY, OF PORT- LAND, MAINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,795, dated April 1,1890.

Application filed September 19, 1889. Serial No. 324,397- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN J. KRAETZER, a. citizen of the United States,residing at Gloversville, in the county of Fulton and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glove-Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a full specification.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figurel shows in section theouter springstud. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is asectional view of the inner rivetingstud; Fig. 4, a sectional view ofthe fasteningcollet, Fig. 5 of the tubular flanged rivet, Fig. 6 of thespring-stud, riveting-stud, and collet fastened together; and Fig. 7shows in section the complete button member of the fastener.

My invention consists of an improved springbutt-on member of a fastenerfor gloves and other articles, as hereinafter described.

I preferably make this button member in four separate parts or elementsA, B, O, and D, of whichA is a spring-flanged stud struck up in theshape shown from sheet metal, being preferably struck up whole andunresilient and afterward made resilient by the out or slit a, whichdivides the head of the stud into two spring parts, while the flangewhich is integral with the head of the stud is whole and uncut. B is theinner stud, also struck up from sheet metal and having a smooth head ofsuch a size as to be pressed Within the head of the spring-stud, withthe flanges of the two studs in contact, and of such a shape as toaccomplish the riveting together of the parts, as presently to beexplained. O is a collet or connecting-piece whose flange rests abovethe flange of the spring-stud A, and whose downwardly-projecting tubularportion is clinched in under and around the flange of the stud B, thusfastening the two studs firmly together, as shown in Fig. 6. The threeparts A, B, and O thus fastened together are placed above the leather orfabric of the glove or other article to which the button member is to beattached, while the tubular portion of the flanged rivet D is passedupward from beneath through a hole in the said leather or fabric andinto the head of the inner stud B, the said tubular portion being ofsuch a size as to easily enter the contracted neck of the stud, and ofsuch shape that when pressed between suitably-shaped dies the tubularrivet is headed out within the head of the riveting-stud B, securing thefastener firmly to the leather or fabric, which is squeezed between theflanges of the rivet D and the stud B in the manner shown in Fig. 7.

The sp ring-button member thus constructed is adapted to engage with anunresilient button-hole or socket member of any approvedconstructionsuch, for instance, as an ordinary eyelet secured to theopposite flap of a glove or other article.

I claim- A button member of a glove or other fastener, consisting of thecombination, with the outer struck up stud A, provided with the slit acut down from above and having a smooth unbroken flanged base integralwith the head of said stud, of an inner rivetingstud 13, a collet O, anda tubular rivet D, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EDWIN J. KRAETZER.

Witnesses:

WM. 13. II. Downs, ALBERT E. LEACH.

